Here is my solution. My London Roadster has a bench seat with holes cut out under the driver and passenger.After about an hour in the seat I would begin to feel the edge of the hole thru the foam as the area beneath me would sink deeper into the hole in the plywood, I used screws to fasten a piece of sheet metal to the lower side of the b…[Read more]

There are many types of foam out there today. I would certainly look at a two part memory or softer section and a stiffer foundation. They also have some thermal foam that cuts down on sweating and its more breathable. You may spend a little more but could be huge savings on butt powder.

The previous owner of my MiGi cut a big hole in the under-butt board and put a rubber diaphram or strap across the hole to soften the seat a bit. I replaced the board with a solid piece and recovered it and thought that I had improved things until I drove it for a half hour and got a bruised butt. I also didn’t like sitting that much higher.…[Read more]

From Jersy to Cincy? Welllll….just so happens that I lived in Cincy for 10 years and my son still lives there. That’s the first LONG road trip I plan in “Moneypenny”. And I am an old SGT so I guess my butt can still take it! 

Yes they do Ed.From New Jersey, my Duchess, with it’s foam only seats, has made round trips to Indianapolis and Cincinnati, spent weekends on rallies and club trips in New England adn of course made numerous round trips to Carlisle. We need to have a talk with Dale and Ringo!

TD replicas: they separate the hard-asses from the, uh, other guys.

Hmm……..perhaps some modification to the beetle springs. I’ll have to think on that. Thanks

I’m with Dale, my foam only seat means about 1 hour at a time. The last time I went 100 miles, I walked like an Orangutan for the next hour!

Allen,
Mine is just foam as well and still holding up, but if you can figure out a way
to use springs you will be happy on long trips – one hour and my butt is
killing me.
Dale

Jim,  I have run into a similar problem with my Duchess.  My brake and clutch pedal were tight together but pretty much on the same plane.  If you look at my gallery photo of the front speaker set up, you’ll see that my pivot point on the gas is higher on the fire wall.  That allowed me to put an extension on the gas pedal that allows me to toe…[Read more]

 Jim, I looked at a picture of a FiberFab car with no carpet on the side panel and you may gain an inch or more space on the left side by glueing the carpet directly to the inside of the side panel. I’m guessing that the carpet is fitted to some type of backboard to hold it in place.
 The roller pedal for the gas looks like it may have p…[Read more]

The carpet is worn on the side from the clutch foot rubbing it.  You can see in the picture that the clutch is furthur out than the brake.  When I begin to brake and then have to clutch, my clutch foot ends up on top of the brake foot and then it has to travel past the brake to disengage the clutch. I have to be real careful to put only the edge o…[Read more]

My Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess is just foam.
I built the car in 1982, been on the road since 1983.

Nobody said beauty was cheap

This is a DANGEROUS situation.
I had an unbuilt Ford based kit. Before I decided on “what and how” for a drivetrain, I looked a the pedal area and said…”not my size 13’s!” So, I opted for an automatic transmission. I figured left foot braking/right foot gas pedal…like when I raced go-karts. Mind you, I was using a 3.8L Buick V6, a TH200R4 OD…[Read more]

At about $500 a quart!

  Jim,  In your photo it appears that your clutch foot ,or possibly the clutch pedal is already rubbing the side panel so spreading the pedals farther apart may not be an option .Somewhere ,I remember seeing a Ford based car with the clutch pedal extended and raised to make it higher and not directly in line with the brake . This would keep your f…[Read more]

Bridget’s just foam. Looks original. Still good, 30 years and 35,000 miles later.

 Jim, I took mine apart and used a torch to bend them to where i was comfortable about a 1/2 left on the clutch and the same with the gas to the right and moved it up about an inch,   Good Luck Dan

 Allen, Almost all the cars I have seen just use the foam covered with the upholstry material.I saw one Fiber Fab kit that had been fitted with bucket seats from a Jeep Cherokee.